我们知道fortnight为两周的意思,可它的结尾明明有个night,为何整个词的含义却和night(夜晚)毫无关联呢?在词典中查阅该词的来源有如下表述:17 c. contraction of M.E. fourteniht, from O.E. feowertyne niht, lit. "fourteen nights," preserving the ancient Gmc. custom of reckoning by nights, mentioned by Tacitus in "Germania" xi.现在,我们知道fortnight为中世纪英语fourteni ......